Bhubaneswar: The state government has demanded approval of direct flights from Bhubaneswar to Dubai to the Centre. On Wednesday, Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi has put across this demand before Centre’s Cabinet Secretary to allow direct flights to Dubai from Odisha’s capital city.
Padhi has said that while many flight service providers have been approaching the state government to begin the facility of direct flights to Dubai from Bhubaneswar, it has not been fruitful since the Centre has never given approval. Already direct flights from Bhubaneswar to Malaysia are operating now from the Biju Patnaik International Airport.